2015-08-02T20:36:45ZDos cuentos breves de Fredric Brownhttp://hdl.handle.net/2139/38304
Dos cuentos breves de Fredric Brown
Sánchez-Galvis, Jairo
Se presentan dos cuentos en los que los personajes se sienten impotentes ante el destino y tienen que actuar de acuerdo con las imposiciones de otros. En el primer cuento, El aficionado, un hombre intenta comprar veneno indetectable. Brown se caracteriza por un humor satírico que hace reflexionar al lector, especialmente en el caso de su cuento El solipsista, en el cual W.B. Jehová se ve enfrentado a una cuestión existencial. Los originales fueron tomados de una antología de QUEEN, D.: Configurations, 1982. English Teaching Division, Educational and Cultural Affairs. Washington, D.C.
2014-06-05T00:00:00ZHow Iguana Got Her Wrinkles - Literary Dialectal Translation Worksheethttp://hdl.handle.net/2139/38303
How Iguana Got Her Wrinkles - Literary Dialectal Translation Worksheet
Sánchez-Galvis, Jairo
The worksheet will guide students through a presentation on different approaches to the translation of literary works containing dialectal markers with special emphasis on Caribbean literature in English and Spanish.
2014-06-05T00:00:00ZMyeLearning as a tool to enhance the writing process in Spanish as a foreign languagehttp://hdl.handle.net/2139/38302
MyeLearning as a tool to enhance the writing process in Spanish as a foreign language
Mideros, Diego
This paper describes the experience of a case study in which MyeLearning was implemented as a tool to enhance the writing process in the Spanish as a Foreign Language programme at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. The main objective was to produce texts in the target language as part of the grammar and composition class. Three different feedback strategies were mainly used. These strategies served to help students reflect on writing as a process whose main aim is to be read by an audience. This project emerged from the need to change the students’ perception on writing as a final product rather than as a systematic process that requires reflection and careful thinking of the other, the reader, in order to produce coherence and cohesion.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZTelecollaboration in Spanish as a Foreign Language Learning in Trinidadhttp://hdl.handle.net/2139/38301
Telecollaboration in Spanish as a Foreign Language Learning in Trinidad
Neva, Carolina; Landa Buil, Maria; Carter, Beverly-Anne; Ibrahim-Ali, Amina
Objective: To study how participation in tandem partnership influences the motivation towards the target language and culture and the autonomy of learners of Spanish as a foreign language in Trinidad and Tobago. Method: An action research project was conducted with 33 learners of Spanish in Trinidad and 33 learners of English in Colombia, who engaged in a seven week telecollaboration during which they used email and Web 2.0 technologies to communicate. Data were collected through questionnaires and a weekly journal. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out. Results: The objectives of the project were all met. Conclusions: The project was a rich source of learning for all the participants and stresses the need of a deeper understanding of learners' language learning, an analysis of the sociocultural, psycholinguistic, and linguistic dimensions of
intercultural competence in a specific context, and the critical assessment of the role of Web 2.0 technologies in fostering autonomy. <a href= "http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/5097/4467"> Link to article </a>
2010-04-01T00:00:00Z